elimination
pronunciation
How to pronounce elimination in British English:
UK [ɪˌlɪmɪ'neɪʃn]
How to pronounce elimination in American English:
US [ɪˌlɪməˈneʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act of removing or getting rid of something
- the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic elimination of unacceptable alternatives
- the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
- the murder of a competitor
Word Origin
- elimination (n.)
- c. 1600, "a casting out," noun of action from eliminate. Meaning "expulsion of waste matter" is from 1855.
Example
- 1. Yet more remote is elimination of excess capacity .
- 2. Strong productivity growth has been achieved partly through the elimination of many mid-skilled jobs .
- 3. Elimination ( or at least diminishment ) of shared state is one of the favored abstractions in functional programming .
- 4. Another world cup , another penalty shoot-out elimination , but this time against argentina in the second round .
- 5. And softball is slated for elimination from play after these olympics .